Paul trapping of radioactive He+6 ions and direct observation of their β decay

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Flechard X ^a   Lienard E ^a   Mery A ^a,c   Rodriguez D ^a,d   Ban, G ^a   Durand, D ^a   Duval, F ^a   Herbane, M ^a,e   Labalme, M ^a   Mauger, F ^a   Naviliat Cuncic, O ^a   Thomas, J C ^b   Velten, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^c SUBATECH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^e KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; IONS; LITHIUM;

BETA PARTICLES; BUFFER GASSES; DECAY PRODUCTS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; LOW ENERGIES; PAUL TRAPS; RECOILING IONS;

ELECTROLYSIS;

EID: 56849083058     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.212504     Document Type: Article

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